Asian newspapers frankly commented on the Vietnamese women's team when they reached the semi-finals.

The Vietnamese women's team has excellently won the top spot in Group A after three consecutive victories against Thailand, Cambodia, and Indonesia. With this result, coach Mai Duc Chung's team will face the Australian U23 women's team in the semi-finals of the Southeast Asian women's football tournament (8:00 p.m. on August 16).

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The Vietnamese women's team is highly appreciated for its experience before the match with the Australian U23 women's team (Photo: Tuan Bao).

Ahead of the semi-finals, ESPN highly appreciated the strength and experience of the Vietnamese women's team. Author Gabriel Tan commented: "The Vietnamese women's team is in very good form, having won all three matches in the group stage.

This is a strong and experienced team. Their 23-man squad has an average of 48 appearances for the national team, including two players who have never played for the national team.

They have 9 players who have played for the national team more than 50 times, including two "evergreens" Huynh Nhu and Nguyen Thi Tuyet Dung. Together with Pham Hai Yen, they are in the top 3/4 scorers of the team.

The Vietnamese team often rotates their squad because they have enough players to do so. This gives coach Mai Duc Chung a big advantage in arranging the squad.

After the Philippines women's team was eliminated, the Vietnamese women's team is a strong candidate for the Southeast Asian women's football championship. However, ESPN has warned coach Mai Duc Chung and his team about the strength of the Australian women's U23 team, the team that defeated the Philippines in the group stage.

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The Vietnamese women's team is a strong candidate for the championship (Photo: VFF).

The author added: “The Vietnamese women’s team may face strong resistance from the Australian U23 women’s team. However, coach Mai Duc Chung’s team has enough courage and tactics to create a dramatic confrontation.”

According to the schedule, the Vietnamese women's team will face the Australian women's U23 team at 8pm on August 16 at Lach Tray Stadium. Before that, at 4pm on the same day, Thailand will face Myanmar.

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